Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-03

Ill. ID. sleep ana us S0unterieltS, DE-
DIR. A. De VAUDEVILLE: industrial Training
Two Centuries Ago." by George P. Morris;
Social Sustenance," by Henry J. Phil
facture and Properties" by Arthur Good
and William Anderson; "a Botanical Be-
nanza," by +. L. Boynton. Speeches at
the Recent Tyndall Banquet" by Profs.
Stokes and Tyndall, Sir Lyon Piayfair, the
Earl of Derby, and others: Some Human
Instincts" by Professor William James;
Physiology of Freezing" by Dr. Won
Nussbaum.
The "Foreum' for September (91 Fifth
avenue, New York is at hand with this
table of contents: The Sixteenth Amend
ment," by Senator J. j. ingalls,; SIS Canada
Misgoverned?' by the Minister of the In
terror: Books That Have Helped Me, by
Rev. DR.. Augustus Jessopp Concerning
Men," by the author of John Halifax
Gentleman: " What is the Object of Life?
by Prof E. D. Cope; The Manners of
Critics" by Andrew Lang; American
Geographical Names" by Bishop A. Cleve-
land Coke; Great Telescopes by Prof.
c. A. Young; THE Gist of the Labor
Question" by President John Bascom;
"Proft-Sharing," by Nicholas Z. Gilman;
'Ignatus Donnelly's Comet" by Professor
Alexander Winchell.
The Magazine of American History"
(743 Broadway, New York; is made by
Mrs. Lamb an especially brillisnt issue of
that invaluable magazine, which has no
competitor in its peculiar field. The steel
portrait is of General ]. NJ. Varnum, 1749-
1889, and it is an exceedingly fine one. An
article of especial local interest is entitled
How California Was Secured" ana is by
Hubert Howe Bancroft, of San Francisco.
novel and attractive feature is an illus
trated article exemplifying the Indian
method OF chronicling events. There are
eight or ten other papers, all of interest
and historical value. The NOTES."
Queries, Historic Jottings' and reviews
are as full as usual
THE Fortunes of Words is the title of
q small octave volume made up of series
of letters to lady by Frederick Garlanda,
Phi. D., author of the well-known work,
The Philosophy OF Words" 1t is his
tory of the science of language, the ety.
mology and history of words, the new
method of language, study, application of
linguistic to prehistoric studies, etc. 1t is
one of the most pleasing and satisfying
pathological treatises we have yet seen. 1t
is a volume for the library or the pocket,
for in many respects it is fascinating
book; New York: A. Lowell & Co.
OF Casselrs National Library series,
edited by Professor Henry Morley, we have
Nos. so, 81, 81 and So, entitled THE Ban
quet of Plato" by Shelley; a Voyage to
Lisbon by Fielding; My Beautiful Lady"
by Thomas Woolner; and Mungo Park 5
Travels in the Interior of Africa Vol. y.
These clearly printed selections of choice
literature are issued weekly, at the remark.
ably low price of 10 cents per week. 1t is
almost inconceivable how Cassell & Co. can
afford to sell such complete books at so low
figure. They are for sale by c. S. Hough-
ton & Co., Sacramento.
Horsemanship for Women by Theo-
dore II. Meade, with illustrations by GRAY
Parker, is a volume Just issued by Harper
Bros, New York, and for sale by the Ban
croft Company, San Francisco. 1t is the
most sensible volume on amateur horse
training We have met with, and gives meth
DDS in detail for handling and teaching a
reasonably intelligent horse, that a child
could follow. 1t conveys great deal of
information also about the anatomy of the
horse and the good points of desirable
riding horse
Macmillan & Co., London, have issued Sir
John Lubbock S volume, "The Pleasures of
Lie, IN neat octave form. Whoever reads
! its pages will be impressed with the truth
that life Is WORTH living that happiness is
not only duty, but that duty doing rightly
done is happiness. He treats of books, of
friends, of travel. of the value of time, of
the pleasures of home, of science. and
finally of education. The chapters COM
prise several lectures delivered by the dis
tinguished author at various times in re-
cent years.
The Hidden Way Across the Threshold.
or the Mystery which Hath Been Hidden
for Ages and from Generations is the
mysterious title of volume of some 600
pages by J. c. Street, A. B. n. 1t is an
nounced as an explanation Of the con-
cealed forces III every man to open the
temple of the soul and to learn the guild
ance of the unseen hand" 1t is from the
press of Lee Shepard, Boston, and is for
sale by &. $. E.oughton, Sacramento, It
S. so.
The Story of the Earth and Mar" is
an octave volume OF all pages. by Sir j.
w. Dawson, Ii. D., T. K. s., F. G. g.,
issued by Harpec e. Bros. New York, and for
sale by the Bancroft Company, San Fran
cisco. 1t is new edition of a well known
work, and contains several corrections and
important additions. The book first ap-
peared in 1873, and has been in steady de-
mand since as one of the best of treatises
on the science of the earth as illustrated
by geological research.
Hints on Writing and Speech
is useful pocket volume by Colonel T. W.
Higginson, issued by Lee & Shepard, Bos-
ton, and c. I. Dillingham;, New York, and
for sale by S. Carson & Co. San Francisco.
Colonel Higginson, in the course of his ad-
vice, says: In learning to write efectirclv,
newspaper office is a capital preparatory
school, for it teaches the use of materials
and compels to pungency of STYLE" In
which Mr.. Higginson proves the wisdom Of
his judgment
From the Bancroft Company. San Fran
CISCO we have "A Memoir of Charles
Reade, d. G. L." compiled chiefly from
his literary remains by Charles /. Reade
and Rev. Compton Reade. The narrative
portion of the volume is from Charles
Reade's own pen. Harper Bros, New
ork; Bancroft Company, San Francisco.
From Harper d Bros, New York. and
the Bancroft Company, San Francisco, we
have of The English Men of Letters"
series, Sidney Calvin's Life of Keats"
The volume is edited by John Morley. 1t
IS fully up to the high standard Of the
series.
." English Synonyms Disseminated" is
archbishop Whately's well-known work
1t has been revised thoroughly by Richard
Lee & shepard. Boston. s. Carson & Co,
San Francisco
From She Bancroft Company, San Fran
cisco, We have Harper & Brothers, New
York, EDITION of H. Rider Haggards popu-
lar novel, ALLAH Qusterman." It IS pro-
falsely illustrated.
From J. 4. Olgive & Co., New York and
Chicago, we have received John r. Mu-
slcks story of the rebellion, entitled
Brother Against Br sther," or~'The Temp
kins Mystery
From Harper & Br ps., New York, and
the bancroft Company, San Francisco, we
W vodlanders.'
Live Willows for II. ,nce Posts.
a correspondent of an exchange says
upon this subject: 1t is fire. quently recon-
mended to plant trees alo W the line of
the fences, that when the Il ees have at